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Definition: DOBCHICK

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Noun 1. An alternative spelling for "Dabchick": A small water bird (Podilymbus podiceps), allied to the grebes, remarkable for its quickness in diving; -- called also dapchick, dobchick, dipchick, didapper, dobber, devil-diver, hell-diver, and pied-billed grebe.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Dobchick" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Definition: DOBCHICK

Part of SpeechDefinition
Noun1. An alternative spelling for "Dabchick": A small water bird (Podilymbus podiceps), allied to the grebes, remarkable for its quickness in diving; -- called also dapchick, dobchick, dipchick, didapper, dobber, devil-diver, hell-diver, and pied-billed grebe.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "DOBCHICK" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)